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The Temple has hired its first priest, Srinivasa Achi.  He is a Krishna Yajur Veda pundit, and very experienced.  He will be a great asset for the new Sri Venkateswara Temple. Krishna Yajurvedam pundit (kramapathi) and has over 20 years of teaching in Vedam, Strotras, Prabandham,... Read More →

With fifteen shilpis working, progress is fast on the shrines. Work will begin soon on the vimanam, the gopuram on the roof over the Sri Venkateswara shrine.  The first stones from the Venkateswara shrine, carved from solid granite, should arrive in mid-January.  The stoneworkers... Read More →

The shrines in the new Temple are taking shape beautifully under the careful hands of the ten shilpis.  Visas for ten more shilpis have been approved. Five will come in the next few weeks and five a little later, when the granite Venkateswara shrine comes.  These last five will... Read More →

Workers complete one of the beautiful details on the granite Sri Venkateswara shrine, which has been carved from solid granite near Chennai.  Boxes of the stones are shown in the next photo, getting ready for shipment to Austin. Read More →

The dates for the Kumbhabhishekam have been set for June 18 -22, 2014.  Yantra Pratishta will be on the morning of Saturday, June 21 and Kumbhabhishekam will be on Sunday morning, June 22.  At least fourteen priests will participate to inaugurate the Vigrahas and Temple! Read More →

This week the shrines for Parvati, Radha-Krishna, and Ram Pariwar were started, along with the Padmavathy shrine.  Meanwhile, the shilpis spent three days expanding the stage on which Baba sits in the existing temple, so that Baba’s umbrella could be installed. The shilpis... Read More →

Things are really starting to get moving.  The shilpis are hard at work sculpting by hand all of the intricate designs that will adorn the shrines. Read More →

Today ten shilpis arrived from Chennai, Tamil Nadu to sculpt all of the decoration that will surround the temples.  It is an exciting day for everyone! Read More →

The steel frame of the temple is up.  In the back is the outline of the vimanam, which will rise 38 feet above the ground above the Sri Venkateswara shrine.  Please make sure to donate and help towards the building of the new Sri Venkateswara Temple. Read More →

Thanks to all the generous donors to the Sri Venkateswara Temple!  Today, on the auspicious day of Friday, on the auspicious Trayodasi (Pradosham) tithi, under the auspicious Rohini star, the slab for the new Sri Venkateswara Temple was poured.  250 TONS of concrete were laid on... Read More →